09-13-2020, 04:20 AM
About unarmed ships and non-combat...
Unarmed ships (not counting carriers) are usually of two types: cargo ships (for colonization or shuttling) or scout ships. If you encounter such ships from an opponent then they cannot be a military threat to you. You may discover them (typically scouts) on a combat report, and these are quite common. The primary way that information is gathered in Galac-Tac is by sending out scout ships to unknown locations just to see who is there. These should not be considered an attack on your empire and probably just tell the intruder not to bother coming this way as it is occupied.
Cargo ships usually end up producing "Cease Fire" messages when your ships are also present. These, too, are not an attack and are only mildly disruptive if the timing is exactly wrong. Generally, the incursion is unintentional and they may well turn around and leave immediately. Cease Fire messages are saying that no combat took place because no ships were present with orders to start combat. As long as nobody actively starts a combat, all the ships can just sit there with a Cease Fire staring at each other all day and nothing will happen.
If you see a message where one of your Colonies is complaining that it is "Under Attack", that doesn't mean that someone is actually attacking either. What it means is that your colonists looked up in the sky and saw enemy ships present. This alarms them and they're calling for help regardless of the intentions of those ships (which they can't know anyway). If some of your own ships are also present then you will also get a Cease Fire message. If only enemy ships are present then you will only hear the Under Attack complaint. Either way, nothing bad is necessarily happening and you can wait to see if the ships leave or if they start more offensive actions in later turns.
So for those of you that tend to become worried by a Cease Fire or Under Attack message... don't worry. It's usually an ordinary part of game play.
Unarmed ships (not counting carriers) are usually of two types: cargo ships (for colonization or shuttling) or scout ships. If you encounter such ships from an opponent then they cannot be a military threat to you. You may discover them (typically scouts) on a combat report, and these are quite common. The primary way that information is gathered in Galac-Tac is by sending out scout ships to unknown locations just to see who is there. These should not be considered an attack on your empire and probably just tell the intruder not to bother coming this way as it is occupied.
Cargo ships usually end up producing "Cease Fire" messages when your ships are also present. These, too, are not an attack and are only mildly disruptive if the timing is exactly wrong. Generally, the incursion is unintentional and they may well turn around and leave immediately. Cease Fire messages are saying that no combat took place because no ships were present with orders to start combat. As long as nobody actively starts a combat, all the ships can just sit there with a Cease Fire staring at each other all day and nothing will happen.
If you see a message where one of your Colonies is complaining that it is "Under Attack", that doesn't mean that someone is actually attacking either. What it means is that your colonists looked up in the sky and saw enemy ships present. This alarms them and they're calling for help regardless of the intentions of those ships (which they can't know anyway). If some of your own ships are also present then you will also get a Cease Fire message. If only enemy ships are present then you will only hear the Under Attack complaint. Either way, nothing bad is necessarily happening and you can wait to see if the ships leave or if they start more offensive actions in later turns.
So for those of you that tend to become worried by a Cease Fire or Under Attack message... don't worry. It's usually an ordinary part of game play.